CVE-2009-2461 (GCVE-0-2009-2461)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-07-14 20:16 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:52
VLAI?
Summary
mathtex.cgi in mathTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, does not securely create temporary files, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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